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Speaker 1: Right across Melbourne. This is number one hundred. You are

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Speaker 1: on the air with Jace and Lauren coming up at

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Speaker 1: eight o'clock the moment we were found in our two

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Speaker 1: hundred and fifty thousand dollars hide and seek, plus we

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Speaker 1: will finally reveal where we have been hiding. But much

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Speaker 1: more serious news Clinton.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's an extraordinary level of rhetoric right now in

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Speaker 2: global politics, and it all has to do with what's

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Speaker 2: happening in the Middle East, notably in Iran and the

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Speaker 2: US entering the game more recently with strikes on various

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Speaker 2: nuclear sites in Iran. Let's get the latest from the

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Speaker 2: US and nine News correspondent Jonathan Cursley, John, good morning

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Speaker 2: to you, thanks for joining us. Where do we stand

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Speaker 2: right now, mate.

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Speaker 3: Quent Jason, We're say in a pretty precurious position right now.

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Speaker 3: The United States officials are saying, effectively, watch this space

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Speaker 3: of the next thirty six to forty eight hours to

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Speaker 3: see exactly which way this could go. Many experts are

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Speaker 3: saying it's a foot of a coin, either that the

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Speaker 3: US strikes on Iran could massively escalate the see situation,

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Speaker 3: or they could de escalate the situation. The cards right

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Speaker 3: now are sitting with Iran. Donald Trump wants them to

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Speaker 3: come to the table to hold peace talks, to say

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Speaker 3: ditch your nuclear program altogether, then the world can move on.

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Speaker 3: Iran is saying that's a red line. We won't cross it.

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Speaker 3: So the president of the United States of America is

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Speaker 3: essentially saying, if you cannot agree to peace, then it

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Speaker 3: will be tragedy that you choose, and we will come

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Speaker 3: after you again. So while Donald Trump might have wanted

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Speaker 3: this to be an in and out, there's every chance

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Speaker 3: that there could be yet more American strikes on Iran.

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Speaker 3: Just moments ago, he went to Truth Social to talk

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Speaker 3: about how he wanted to make Ran great again. It's

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Speaker 3: certainly frightening scenes and terrifying.

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Speaker 1: News, but there's a lot of people here.

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Speaker 2: We're coming into school holidays, a lot of people are

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Speaker 2: looking to travel over the holidays.

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Speaker 3: Is it safe for people to be traveling right now?

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Speaker 3: It's safe to travel, I mean always. The government would

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Speaker 3: say to Australians travel, but keep an eye on the

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Speaker 3: smart Travel website to where is safe? Is Israel the

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Speaker 3: place to be right now? Well, there are Astralians in

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Speaker 3: Israel trying to get out. There are Astralians in Iran

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Speaker 3: trying to get out. The Middle East is not the

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Speaker 3: safest place in the world right now, by a long shot.

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Speaker 3: Is it safe to travel and go to Bali, and

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Speaker 3: go to New Zealand and go to the places you

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Speaker 3: want to go to. There's no reason and no information

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Speaker 3: at this stage to suggest that there's any reason why

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Speaker 3: you couldn't go there.

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Speaker 1: Hey, John, we watched the footage of the bomber planes

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Speaker 1: returning to the US and bombers parading along Miami Beach,

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Speaker 1: which is crazy. The other plane I want to bring

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Speaker 1: up because I've been showing flex I've been showing Lauren

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Speaker 1: and Clint on the GRAM. There's lots of sightings of

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Speaker 1: this doomsday plane that the US has, which is like

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Speaker 1: an Air Force one plane that apparently is nuclear proof

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Speaker 1: and they operate out of if there's a war.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 1: Apparently it touchdown in DC the other day. And the

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Speaker 1: last time this happened with September eleven. Is that right?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that'd be about right. I'm in September eleven, two

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Speaker 3: thousand and one. The world remembers the images of the

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Speaker 3: Twin Towers crumbling to the ground, and the world was

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Speaker 3: forever changed. After that. Our way of life in Australia

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Speaker 3: completely changed after that. So yeah, look that the United

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Speaker 3: States has a doomsday plane ready. It is part of

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Speaker 3: their planning scenarios that they go through. And the President

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Speaker 3: has been sitting inside a situation room at the White

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Speaker 3: last week, getting updates on what he needs to do,

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Speaker 3: getting updates on what he thinks he should do, and

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Speaker 3: what his defense chiefs think he should do. And ultimately

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Speaker 3: he has decided to go in cahoots with Israel's Prime

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Speaker 3: Minister Benja Minette and Yahoo and drop these bunker busting

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Speaker 3: bombs on Iran. Now that is a decision that carries

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Speaker 3: with it consequences, everlasting consequences according to the Iranian regimes.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, there's significant questions over what comes next. But

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Speaker 3: President of the United States of America and keep the

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Speaker 3: continued continuity of government flowing. That you are going to

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Speaker 3: watch any headline today and this is going to be it.

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Speaker 3: That the world right now is sitting in a very

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Speaker 3: dangerous position. One it hasn't seen in many, many years.

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Speaker 3: Australians should not take this position and this moment in

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Speaker 3: history lightly.

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Speaker 2: And Donald Trump is at the controls. Really, the rhetoric

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Speaker 2: is terrifying, as is some of the scenes we're seeing

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Speaker 2: in Israel and also in Tehran in Iran. John, thanks

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Speaker 2: so much for the update.

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Speaker 3: We appreciate it. Always good to talk to you guys. No,

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Speaker 3: thanks very much for your time and hello to all

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Speaker 3: the listeners across across the station, across Melbourne, Thanks.

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Speaker 1: Mate, taking it easy.

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Speaker 2: Jason, Lauren wake how feeling good following them on the

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Speaker 2: social